State-Specific Resources
Some states may not include the incarceration event in their educational standards, but relevant, state-specific materials are available online. Students and teachers can use these to learn more about the impact Executive Order 9066 made on their home state, and how the conversation continues today. These resources often shed light on the unimaginable challenges faced in the camps, but many states, such as Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska have uplifting stories to tell, too. Especially noteworthy resources are highlighted in red.
Note that states with few Japanese Americans during the 1940s may have fewer state-specific resources related to the internment. Browse non-state-specific resources here.
Alabama
University of S. Alabama Japanese-American History
State Standard G6 Classroom Resource
Alaska
Alaska Natives in Japanese Concentration Camps
Arizona
Gila River WRA Concentration Camp
Who Did and Didn't Go to Internment Camps
Internment Camp Newsletters Slideshow
ASU Collection: Internment Camp Newsletters (full archive)
Arkansas
California
Comprehensive exhibit guide for teachers, including material from CA archives
California State Library "The Internment Experience"
House Resolution 77 and CA's Formal Apology (Video, ABC10)
VIDEO: Japanese-American Buzzfeeders Visit Manzanar
Colorado
Grades 9-12 Learning Guide: Amache Concentration Camp
Connecticut
UConn opens its doors to Japanese-American Students During WWII
Florida
Florida passes House bill in support of teaching the incarceration of Japanese Americans
Hawaii
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii: FULL CURRICULUM for Educators
Japanese Detention at Hawaii Volcanoes
The Overlooked Story of the Incarceration of Japanese Americans in Hawaii
Japanese Americans and the Wartime Experience in America
Idaho
Kooskia, Idaho Internment Camp: Obscure and Virtually Forgotten
VIDEO: Minodoka 80th Anniversary
VIDEO: Japanese American Born at Minidoka
Illinois
Asian American Education Resource Database (COMPREHENSIVE)
The Chicago Hearings on Japanese Internment
Japanese Americans Build a Life in 1940s Chicago
Indiana
Louisiana
Japanese Internment in Louisiana
Uncovering the Hidden History of Louisiana's Japanese Internment During WWII
Forgotten Camps, Living History
Maryland
Massachusetts
East Boston Detention Facility
Michigan
Japanese Americans in Post-War Detroit: Exiled to Motown
Minnesota
Beyond the Barbed Wire: Japanese Americans in Minnesota (digital project)
Breaking the Code: Military Intelligence Service Language School at Fort Snelling
Mississippi
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team at Camp Shelby (VIDEO)
Missouri
St. Louisans Reflect on the Legacy of Japanese Internment 75 years later
Kansas City's Surprising Connection to Japanese Internment (VIDEO)
Montana
"An Alien Place," how the Japanese were treated differently than Italian and German detainees at Missoula (VIDEO)
Missoula Alien Detention Camp (Photo archives)
Nebraska
Nebraska's Japanese-American History
Japanese Nebraskans and War Heroes
Nebraska's Japanese Heritage Brought to Light With New Museum
Japanese Hall and History Project
Nevada
Overcoming WWII-Era Anti-Japanese Discrimination in Nevada
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Man Recalls Entering Internment Camp at Age 6 (with VIDEO)
"Bitter Injustice" program invites NH residents to reflect on Japanese Internment
New Jersey
Rutgers Exhibit: New Jersey Connection to Japanese Internment
Seabrook Farms
"A Fortunate Twist of Fate"
New Mexico
Internment of Japanese Americans in New Mexico
Confinement in the Land of Enchantment Story Map
New York
The Untold Story of Japanese Americans Detained at Ellis Island
News Articles from La Guardia and Wagner Archives
North Carolina
Grove Park Inn Detention Facility
Story Behind...Montreat Assembly Inn
North Dakota
Fort Lincoln (Bismarck) Detention Facility
Betrayed by their Country of Birth
An Act of Mending: "Snow Country Prison" Memorial
Ohio
Cleveland's Japanese-American Community After the War
Oklahoma
Fort Sill is a Site of Ongoing Trauma
Japanese Internment Camps and Connection to Fort Sill Protests
Oregon
Oregon's Japanese Americans Beyond the Wire (FULL DOCUMENTARY)
"Oregon Plan": The First Japanese American Farm Labor Camp During WWII
Japanese Evacuees at Portland Assembly Center
A Mixed Reception: Japanese Americans Return to Oregon
Japanese American Wartime Incarceration in Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Becomes Fourth State to Require Asian American History in Schools
Tennessee
Camp Forrest Detention Facility
Internee List from Camp Forrest
Texas
Crystal City Detention Facility
Fort Sam Houston Detention Facility
"Internment 101": Opinion on an action by the Texas Board of Education
Utah
Dave Tatsuno's Smuggled Video from Topaz (RARE FOOTAGE)
National Park Service: Central Utah Relocation Center
How Does Utah Remember Its History of Japanese American Internment?
Race, Ethnicity and Immigration: Japanese Internment at Topaz
Virginia
The Japanese Experience in Virginia...From Jim Crowe to Internment (VCU Thesis)
In-Between: Japanese and Japanese Americans in Jim Crow Virginia
Washington
WA State Historical Society Permanent Exhibit: Remembrance (incl. curriculum)
Washington State University Library Japanese American Incarceration Collection
Remembrance: The Legacy of Executive Order 9066 (VIDEO)
Puyallup Detention Facility ("Camp Harmony")
Life in Incarceration: Japanese Americans in WA Reflect on WWII
Washington, D.C. (Memorials and Legislation)
Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism
President Reagan Signs Japanese-American Internment Bill (HR442): FULL SPEECH
Redress and Reparations for Japanese American Incarceration
The White House declares February 19 "Day of Remembrance"
National Archives: Executive Order 9066
Biden Signs Law Ensuring Preservation of Japanese American Internment Camps
West Virginia
"Two Americas": a college president's decision to allow Nisei students to enroll (2024)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin School Board rejects award-winning book about Japanese American incarceration
Wyoming
Fear Itself: The Japanese-American Internment at Heart Mountain (VIDEO)
Why Here? (Comprehensive educational media resource)
Wyoming History Day: Heart Mountain Relocation Center
The History of Heart Mountain (G6-8)
Apologies or Apologists—Remembering the...Internment in Wyoming (Wyoming Law Review)
*One of the 10 major War Relocation Authority (WRA) concentration camps